Junior Member Awards and Scholarships

Iowa Simmental Association Queen Contest

2020 Iowa Simmental Royalty: (left to right)
Princess Emma Hay, Queen Caylie Hickman, and Princess Bailey McKenna

*Attention Past Iowa Simmental Queens & Princesses
Please fill out this form to update our records.

Are you looking for a leadership opportunity that will allow you to meet and work with talented individuals in the cattle industry?

Are you interested? If so, the Iowa Simmental Association is looking for eligible young ladies to become contestants for the Iowa Simmental Queen and Princess. In addition to this honor, the Iowa Simmental Queen will be awarded $250 and the Iowa Simmental Princess will be awarded $150 after their reign.

What are the qualifications? If you are between the ages of 16 and 21 years of age by January 1 of the current year, unmarried, an IJSA member, and knowledgeable about the Simmental breed, please consider this your invitation to apply. It is also required that you be able to attend the Beef Expo Simmental Sale, the Iowa Simmental Association Field Day and the Iowa State Fair Simmental Shows during your reign.

When and where is the contest held? The contest will be held on Saturday, February 9th at 9:30 am. at Prairie Meadows Hotel in Altoona. This contest will coincide with the Iowa Beef Expo and the Iowa Simmental activities. The contest will conclude with the Queens luncheon at noon.

When is the new queen crowned? The new Queen and Princess will be crowned during the banquet on Sunday evening February 10th at Walnut Center on the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines.

How do I enter? To enter, send a resume stating your name, parents’ names, address, phone number, birthday, Simmental background, interests, activities, future plans, and a short essay on “Why I want to be the Iowa Simmental Queen or Princess.” Mail to Darci Mass, 1778 320th St., Adair, IA 50002 by January 20th of the current year. No late applicants will be accepted. If you would like additional information, contact Darci at 641-746-3339 or 641-740-0597 or email her at darcisue@yahoo.com and she can fill you in on all the exciting details! Prepare your resume today and join in the rewarding experience!

Prepare your résumé today and join in the rewarding experience!

Iowa Simmental Memorial Scholarship

2020 Iowa Simmental Memorial Scholarship Recipients: (left to right)
Grace Greiman, Landon Siek, and Carli Henderson

Requirements:

All applications must be mailed to the Iowa Simmental Association current President by May 15th of the current year. (2020 ISA President is Kenny Scott)

Applicants must provide or meet the following criteria:

Must be a senior in high school or post high school student who plans to attend a 2 or 4-year accredited school in the fall of the current year.
Must have been a paid Iowa Junior Simmental Association member for at least the last two years.
Must complete the application and additional requirements.
Must be present Saturday afternoon of Field Day, to participate in an oral interview. (If this does not work with your schedule please contact the ISA President to arrange another time)

The winners of the Iowa Simmental Memorial Scholarship will be announced during the Iowa Simmental Field Day Show and awarded the money during the Annual Iowa Simmental Assoc. Banquet at the Iowa Beef Expo the following February. Winners must also send proof of enrollment in the accredited school order to receive the scholarship money to IJSA Treasurer Gina Long prior to the next year’s ISA Banquet. Upon receiving this enrollment verification, the scholarship money will be given to the recipients at the Banquet. Three (3) $1000 scholarships will be awarded.

Click here for the Scholarship Application:

2020 Iowa Simmental Association Memorial Scholarship Application

Sammi Long Memorial Showmanship Award

The 1st Annual Sammi Long Memorial Showmanship Award was presented to Grace Greiman of Goodell at the 2020 Field Day by the IJSA Board.

Pictured with Grace (third from right) are members of the Long family (left to right) Cody, Gina, Rob, (Grace), Tyler, and Abby.

“Be the reason someone smiles today!”

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ASA Foundation Merit Awards

The Merit Award program is designed to provide recognition to junior members who have made “significant contributions to their community, home, family, school and the Simmental or Simbrah breeds of cattle.” It’s a 3-level process beginning with the Bronze Award, then Silver, and finally Gold. Iowa Juniors have a long history of receiving various levels of the Merit Awards. For more information please see the link below or contact one of the IJSA advisors.

All three levels of applications and other required information are due to AJSA (email to ajsa@simmgene.com) by June 1st. Bronze recipients will be selected by ASA with assistance from the State Association, and will be announced and recognized at the National Classic, they receive a certificate and lapel pin.

Silver and Gold Applications are due June 1st to the ASA. The ASA Foundation Board reviews the applications and the recipients are announced and recognized during the National Classic awards banquet. Silver and Gold awards receive a certificate and scholarship money. ISA/IJSA will recognize IJSA members who are Bronze, Silver and/or Gold recipients as and those youth will be recognized via our website, newsletter, Facebook page, and at the ISA annual banquet the following year.

2020 Bronze Merit Award Recipients: (none from Iowa)

2020 Silver Merit Award Recipients: Carli Henderson (second from left)

2020 Gold Merit Award Recipient: (None from Iowa)

Click Here for more information and Merit Award applications.

The IJSA is compiling a list of past Iowa Junior members who received a Merit Award, if you were a recipient (or know someone who was), please contact IJSA Advisor Morgan Wadsworth with the year and award level so we can recognize you and other deserving past IJSA members.

County Simmental Awards

Youth who exhibited a Champion Simmental animal at their 2019 county fair were recognized at the 2020 Field Day in Afton.
More photos of individual recipients can be viewed in the 2020 Field Day Results PDF.

Each year the Iowa Simmental & Iowa Junior Simmental Associations team up to recognize youth who exhibited a Champion registered Simmental animal at their local county fairs. In 2019 87 youth from 56 counties showed 88 Champion Simmental/ Foundation Simmental Animals at their County Fairs. Pictured are those youth who picked up their awards at Field Day. Exhibitor’s information must be turned in to the IJSA advisors by the County Extension office, Fair office or other official by October 15th following their fair. The recipients will receive a certificate from the ISA/IJSA and presented by their County Extension Office (at County Fall Awards Night if applicable) and will receive their award at the ISA Field Day the following year. Please contact IJSA Advisor Morgan Wadsworth for more information.

This year’s recipients are:

County Name	Exhibitor Name	Champions
Appanoose	Paige Heesch	Champion Foundation Heifer
Audubon	Lane Elmquist	Champion Foundation Heifer
Benton	Nate Arens	Champion Foundation Heifer
Benton	Tate Kettler	Champion Simmental Heifer
Boone	Lane Snedden	Champion Simmental Heifer
Bremer	Caleb Lentz	Champion Foundation Cow/Calf, Supreme Champion Cow/Calf Overall
Bremer	Lucas Lentz	Champion Foundation Heifer/ 4th Overall Breeding Heifer
Buchanan	Katie Johnson	Champion Simmental Heifer
Buchanan	Owen Reck	Champion Simmental Steer
Butler	Colton Harken	Champion Foundation Heifer, Reserve Champion Heifer Overall
Cass	Brock Henderson	Champion Foundation Heifer, Supreme Champion Heifer Overall
Cedar	Jaxson Schott	Champion Foundation Heifer
Cedar	Kiley Langley	Champion Simmental Heifer
Cedar	Luke Crock	Champion Simmental Steer
Cherokee	Branden Whited	Champion Foundation Heifer
Clark	Elizabeth Blackford	Champion Simmental Heifer/ 3rd Overall Breeding Heifer
Clay	Natalie McKenna	Champion Simmental Heifer
Clayton	Keagan Echard	Champion Simmental Cow/Calf
Clayton	Ty Echard	Champion Simmental Heifer
Clinton	Jack Ploog	Supreme Champion Heifer Overall
Crawford	Kaylie Pick	Champion Foundation Heifer, Supreme Champion Heifer Overall
Davis	Wyatt Sandeen	Champion Simmental Heifer
Delaware	Addison Krogmann	Champion Bred and Raised Foundation Heifer
Delaware	Olivia Hilby	Champion Simmental Heifer & Champion Bred and Raised Simmental Heifer
Delaware	Ryan Hilby	Champion Foundation Heifer
Des Moines	Dalton Hartman	Champion Simmental Steer
Des Moines	Joshua Darbyshire	Champion Simmental Heifer, Supreme Champion Heifer Overall
Dubuque	Amanda Rea	Champion Foundation Heifer
Dubuque	Samantha Clasen	Champion Simmental Heifer
Fayette	Aaron Miller	Champion Foundation Cow/Calf
Fayette	Alex Steinbronn	Champion Simmental Heifer
Fayette	Isabelle Steinbronn	Champion Foundation Heifer
Franklin	McKayla DeNio	Champion Foundation Heifer, Reserve Champion Heifer Overall & Champion Simmental Heifer
Greene	Ethan Frederick	Champion Foundation Heifer
Greene	Paisley Lautner	Champion Simmental Heifer, Reserve Overall Heifer
Guthrie	Michael Maas	Simmental Champion Heifer, Supreme Champion Heifer Overall
Hancock	Carret Cash	Champion Simmental Cow/Calf
Hardin	Karli Hager	Champion Foundation Heifer
Harrison	Braxton Powers	Champion Simmental Heifer
Howard	Hope Dohlman	Champion Commercial Cow/Calf (No Breed class, 3/4 Simmental)
Howard	Max Klimesh	Champion Foundation Heifer
Ida	Collin Grove	Champion Foundation Heifer
Iowa	Derek Weisskopf	Champion Simmental Heifer
Iowa	Ty Becker	Champion Foundation Heifer, Reserve Champion Heifer Overall
Iowa	Tyson Mohr	Champion Simmental Steer
Jackson	Kailyn Thompson	Champion Simmental Heifer
Jasper	Merrin Ziesman	Champion Simmental Heifer
Jefferson	Cameron McLain	Champion Simmental Steer & Champion Simmental Heifer
Jones	Ivan Lambertsen	Champion Simmental Heifer
Jones	Kinzi Schlarmann	Champion Foundation Heifer
Lee	Henry Steffensmeier	Champion Simmental Heifer, Supreme Champion Heifer Overall
Linn	Natalie Nissen	Champion Simmental Heifer
Linn	Tate Haughenbury	Champion Foundation Heifer
Louisa	Kinlee Brown	Champion Foundation Heifer
Marion	Cody Metcalf	Champion Simmental Heifer
Marion	Emma Yoder	Champion Simmental Steer
Marshall	Kaia Routier	Champion Simmental Heifer
Mitchell	Hale Dieterich	Champion Foundation Heifer, Reserve Champion Heifer Overall
Muscatine	Blaine Heick	Champion Foundation Heifer, Reserve Champion Heifer Overall
Page	Ethan Fast	Champion Simmental Heifer
Plymouth	Bailiee Jauer	Champion Foundation Heifer
Plymouth	Taylor DeRocher	Champion Simmental Heifer
Polk	Coy Steenhoek	Supreme Champion Heifer Overall
Poweshiek	Kolton Kline	Champion Foundation Heifer
Ringgold	Brady Bickel	Champion Foundation Heifer, Reserve Champion Heifer Overall
Ringgold	MaKayla Jones	Champion Simmental Heifer, Supreme Champion Heifer Overall
Scott	Cassi Paustian	Champion Simmental Steer & Champion Commercial Cow/Calf, Supreme Cow/Calf Overall
Scott	Colin DeCap	Champion Simmental Heifer, Supreme Champion Heifer Overall
Scott	Mckenna DeCap	Champion Foundation Heifer
Sioux	Chadon De Haan	Champion Simmental Heifer
Southern IA Fair (Mahaska County)	Lute Judy	Champion Foundation Heifer
Southern IA Fair (Mahaska County)	Lydia Judy	Champion Simmental Heifer
Story	Carson Finch	Champion Foundation Heifer, Supreme Champion Heifer Overall
Story	Erica Sporrer	Champion Simmental Heifer
Story	Shasta Moody	Champion Simmental Cow/Calf, Supreme Cow/Calf Overall
Tama	Conner Murty	Champion Simmental Heifer
Tama	Hope Brubaker	Champion Foundation Cow/Calf
Union	Grant Skellenger	Champion Foundation Heifer
Union	Kolbey Bailey	Champion Simmental Heifer
Van Buren	Kylie Peck	Supreme Champion Heifer Overall
Warren	Abigail Piekema	Champion Foundation Heifer
Warren	Jack Johnson	Champion Simmental Steer
Washington	Payton Peck	Champion Simmental Steer
Washington	Peighton Ford	Champion Simmental Heifer
Wayne	Dalton Lukavsky	Champion Simmental Steer, Reserve Overall Market Animal & Champion Foundation Heifer
Wayne	Trey Goretska	Champion Simmental Heifer
Woodbury	Chase Sypersma	Champion Simmental Cow/Calf